Receptacle for holding and delivering singly paper sheets mutually folded in each other.



No. 896,510 PATENTED AUG] 1 8 1908.

u A; BARUGH. REOEPTAGLE FOR HOLDING AND DELIVERING SINGLYPAPER SHEETS MUTUALLY FOLDED IN EACH OTHER.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.17, 1907.

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ALPIIONS BA'RUGH, OF HAMBURG, GERMANY.

REUEPTACLE F? HOLDING No. scenic.

Specification of Letters Patent.

AND DELIVERING SINGLY PAEER SHEETS MUTUALLY FOLDED IN EACH OTHER,

Patented Aug". 18, 908.

Application filed December 17, 1907. Serial No. 406,937.

To all 'mum'z it may concern:

lie it known that l, Anchor-is BAnUoi-I, a citizen. and resident of l'lauiburg, Germany, have invented certain new and useful linproved Receptacle for llolding and Delivering Singly Paper Sheets lllutually Folded in llittll Other, of which the following is a specilicatiou.

This invention. relates to an improved holder or receptacle of peculiar design for holding and delivering singly sheets of vapor folded in each tum, so called distributor paper (toilet paper).

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boxes have been provided for which boxes received the folded paper lying flat. in this case the slit through which the several sheets were drawn out, was usually in the bottom of the box, because in boxes of this kind it was necessary to hold. the sheet ready to be drawn out slightly weighted. This weighting was effected either by the weight of the pile of papcr itself or by other means. If however the weighting is a little too heavy there is the defect that the single sheets can-only be drawn out of the boxes with difficulty, be causewhen dravvn out under tension they lie agei'ust the edge of the bottom slit, and are subjected to'severe friction thereon. The sheets then either liable to tear, so that the next following sheetend can no longer be drawn out through the slit, and the boxes get out of working order, r else the sheets cannot be pulled out at all owing to the excessive friction. Under the present invention, this defect is remedied by having the pile of paper not flat, but arranged in an arch-= like curve, which is secured by giving the receptacle orholder such a shape that the pile of paper can only be inserted therein when folded together in. this position, and is heldin such a por tion over the deliveryslitof the receptacle that the innermost sheet of the folded paper pile is always free, i. 6. un weighted, and lies over or in the delivery slit, so that it can be drawn out of the latter rxisily, and without any trouble or derangenieut, when in the known manner it carries with it the nei' sheet half \vayout of the box.

in lull aniu ed drawing which illustrates the invention, Figure 1 shows the new receptacle in a side view lcugtlm'isc, and Fig. 3 an end. view. $5 is also an. end view, with one of the end covers opened or turned up to show the position of the sheets, folded in each other, of the pile of paperin the holder.

The holder or receptacle consists of a case a of about the shape of the section shown in Figs. 2 and 3, having at the top lug or car 7; for hanging the receptacle on a wall or the like and adclivcry slit 0 in the bottom. To

close off the ends of the case the latter can for instance be supplied. with flap covers 61.

In order to be able to insert the pile of pa per, consisting of single sheets 8 folded within each other, into the receptacle, the pile of paper is bent with. its opposite (folded) edges together in the way shown at Fig. 3, and is thus pushed endwise in the case a which secures the folded paper pile in its arched position,.the edges of the fold being supported by the floor of the receptacles.

the sheet which projects each time out of the slit, be drawn from the inside of the pile without the sheet being forced by weight or pressure against the edges of the slit. advantage for the easy removal of the folded sheets from the pile lies in the fact that owing to the curved position the cut edges inserted in the fold of each. successive sheet are do" tached from each other, which is of particw lar ini ortanee when the cut edges, owing to irregu or working of the folding machine, are folded firmly into cachet-her, which may often result in several sheets being drawn out together. The detachment of the ends from each other results from the fact that the outer layers of the arch have an increasingly greater curvature than the inner.

It is immaterial whether the inside surface of the case is cylindrical or polygonal,

of the case the slit for delivery may lie forward so that the shoot to be grasped is always visible.

The embodiment shown. in the dra ing shows two supporting surfacesf and g for the pile, on both sides, running in opposite directions. The part of the receptacle receiving the outer layers of paper sheets being wedgeshaped the several sheets are always forced towards the slit 0 and are constantly brought nearer to the slit c with their folded edges,

' even when only a few sheets a contained in In this position of the paper pile, the sheets can, by taking A further the case, so that with the Whole of the sheets a large part will project out of the slit to be seized.

I claim:

1. A toilet paper dispensing receptacle having supporting walls adapted to project under and to engage both ends ol" a synnnetrically loldvd pile of sheets whereby said. sheets may be led end. first to a central longitudinal dispensing slot l'ornicd by the Walls.

2. A toilet -paper dispensing receptacle having downwzn'i diverging side walls pro vidcd with inwardly projecting ends adapted to engage both ends ol' the outer sheets of a symmetrically .l'olded pilowhcn pla ed in the receptacle, and plates converging from the inwardly projecting ends adapted to support lug secured to the the ends of the inner sheets of said pile on each side of a longitudinal slot formed by the converging plates.

3. A toilet -pa er dispensing device compr'isin g a receptac 0 having a body portion. oi substantially the same dimensions as the body of a folded pile of paper to be contained therein, converging plates depending from the body portion conforming to the contour of the edges of a folded pile and forming a central dispensing slot, covers hinged to the ends of the body )ortion, and a supporting latter. ALPHONS BARUCI-I. Witnesses:

MAX FR. A. KAEMPFF, ERNEST II. L. MUMMENIIOFF. 

